Birth of new star captured by Chilean observatory - video

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Images of the birth of a star around 1,400 light years away from Earth is captured by scientists at the European Southern Observatory, Chile. The pictures show the moments the star ejects material into space at speeds of up to 1 million km per hour. The shots show never-before-seen detail of jets of gas as they stream from the new star